"The Taste of Tasmania"

From 28 December 2008 to 4 January 2009 we go deep into the heart of Taste of Tasmania. Hobart’s Waterfront will be filled with aromas, sights, and sounds as we celebrate contemporary Tasmanian produce through epicurean delights, artists and performers who test the boundaries of culinary and visual pleasure.

There are many exciting new initiatives included within the Festival precinct, focusing on Princes Wharf and surrounds, with an expanded and visually engaging site including arterial banners, lighting and installations.

The Taste Festival will launch on Tuesday 18 November with full programming details and tickets for Tasmania’s biggest New Year’s Eve on sale from this date.

Bruny Island Charters

Tasmanias award winning Tourist adventure.

Welcome aboard Bruny Island Charters world famous three-hour eco-adventure cruise, one of Tasmania's leading ecotourism experiences.

This thrilling three-hour eco-adventure cruise takes you along Bruny Island's rugged coast in Southern Tasmania to spot the islands abundant sea and coastal wildlife. Look in awe as you sit at the bottom of towering sea cliffs among the tallest in the southern hemisphere, feel the joy of being surrounded by a haul out of 1000 seals and having dolphins surfing on the bow wave of the boat.

Bruny Island Charters boats are especially designed for environmental cruising combined with our enthusiastic, knowledgeable and experienced guides it assures you will leave with memories that will last a lifetime.

You can take a full day tour from Kettering and use the Oyster Cove Chalet as your base. The Price just $110.00. We recomond at least a 2 night stay for this adventure cruise.

We can book this for you when you make your accomodation booking.

Note all the red script are links to various pages of Bruny Island charters web site. Have a look its worth it.

Held on Hobart’s historic waterfront every two years during February, the Australian Wooden Boat Festival celebrates maritime craft, art and heritage through four unforgettable days of colour, action, music, theatre, flavours and fun.

The setting is brilliant – the festivities are centred on the docks of historic Sullivans Cove, the harbour of the Derwent and the city’s scenic dockside precinct, with the convict-built sandstone pubs and warehouses of Salamanca as the perfect backdrop. Senses are aroused by the strains of acoustic music over the water intermingling with a wood carver’s mallet or the rippling of sea water against a clinker hull.

From the inaugural event in 1994, when 180 wooden boats graced Hobart’s docks, The Australian Wooden Boat Festival has grown to become one of the nation’s most exciting and spectacular celebrations. It’s a festival of authenticity and intimacy – both qualities are enhanced by the superb location in and around Hobart’s historic docks precinct.

In 2005, more than 40,000 visitors admired 450 superb wooden craft of all shapes and sizes, including international exhibits like the two replica Viking boats from Denmark. The presence of remarkable wooden boats like this has made the festival the biggest event of its kind in Australia and given it international recognition as a maritime festival of the highest quality.

The Australian Wooden Boat Festival is an iconic event on Tasmania’s biennial calendar. It is strongly supported by the Government of Tasmania, TasPorts, and a range of business, community groups and valued volunteers.